New Delhi: 1,000 mohalla clinics to be built by year-end says Satyendar Jain

The capital will get an additional 1,000 mohalla clinics by the end of this year.The government has allocated Rs 209 crore for this and PWD has tendered out the work.Updated: January 13, 2016, 10:48 IST

New Delhi : The capital will get an additional 1,000 mohalla clinics by the end of this year. The government has allocated Rs 209 crore for this and PWD has tendered out the work.

PWD minister Satyendar Jain said: "The location of almost all the clinics has been finalised. We opened a few clinics in 2015 as a pilot project and noticed several small flaws. All these issues have been been addressed in the new clinics. Each constituency will have 10-15 clinics. We have issued four tenders, each for 250 clinics. The process will be completed in another two months and we should have them ready by 2016-end," he said.

The first mohalla clinic was opened in July in Peeragarhi.

PWD has also tendered work for building 8,000 classrooms. The 62 tenders for this will open by January end. Jain said the classrooms will be ready by June 30, in time for the new session.

The department is also setting up call centres, separately for schools and hospitals, that can be alerted for small emergency repairs. "Under the new system, we will tender out work for a year. The agency selected will give us quotes for specific articles and works, like bulbs, windowpanes etc.

If a school requires some small repair work, it can just contact the call centre," said Jain. For schools, there will be three call centres, one each for north, east and south districts.

Once the trial period of the odd and even formula is over, the government will take up other means of reducing air pollution. A comprehensive maintenance plan for roads has been drawn up which will include vacuum cleaning to remove dust, repairing of potholes and desilting of drains. The government will allow all registered and non-registered companies to apply for the tender as long as they have the requisite experience.

The process of greening central verges and pavements is also expected to start from February 1. "We were waiting for the cold to subside since the plants would not have survived in very low temperatures. Even now, February 1 is just a tentative date. If it becomes cold then, we may have to postpone the exercise," said Jain.

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